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Information unlimited : North Carolina's long-range program for library service

Parents and HQmemake~s
Parents today have need for information on child a nd adolescent
psychology as well a~ i nformation on how to ba the the ba by . They
need to know how to detect drug addl('t lon and to he able to reJ ate
to the concerns of t he youth . The household handyman and the cook,
of either sex, needs how-to-do-it books on plumbing, carpentry and
cooking. A sudden stain on a necktie or tablecloth needs a quick
over-the-phone identification of t he agent for removing it .
Education
Many people think of education as an activity in which a teacher
stands before a class and conduc ts formal classes i n a var'lety of su b­jects
. Generally i n such a situation the teacher's instruction i s en­riched
by books, magazines, films, C'ilssettes and other media from a
library .... ithin the institution . As information explodes and record s
multiply, even t he oldest and largest universities find it necessary
to make agreements with other universities to provide more adequately
t he range of materials needed . Four-year and two-year institutions
of higher education are all pressured to s upply needed informa tiona l
resources . The comnunity colleges a nd technical institutes a r e new
and struggling also to meet i nformational needs. Also the publ i ('
schools are struggling to meet t he needs of their teachers a nd students.
Many students and teachers of these various academic i nstitutions call
on the public l ibra ry for classroom as well as other informational needs .
There is a greater need for correlation of the informational re­sources
of North Carolina to supply all of her c Lt1zens, in school or
out, .... ith necessary i nformation at the most economical cost to the tax­payer.
Basic Education Needs
There a r e many North Carolina citizens .... ho have educa tional, socio­economic
, cultural disadvantages .... hich prevent them from r~ ceiving t he
benefits of formal education or library services designed for pl'Op ]~
without such disadv<lntages . These individuals r a nge from very youn~
children, some of .... hom are being helped by such programs as Headstart
to the adult who is functionally illiterate and without hope. The
public library i s seek ing new pattcl'ns of servi ce in o rder to reach
t hese people and to help them become contributing citizens rather than
public responsibil ities .
Older Citizens
Until recently, there had been a tendency on t he part of society
i n general to neglect " s izeab] e portion of the popu l ation which s till
has much to contribute. Within the past few YC;trs , however, t he s enior'
ci tizen has come f'ot"W'urd to demand hi s l'ip:htl-l. Alth ou,e;h t h(' publ i\, U ­hrary
Al .... n,yN haN N,)u,i!:ht to SCI'V(' th(" ('ntil'l~ spcctnun of thl~ ,' itizenr'Y
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Parents and HQmemake~s
Parents today have need for information on child a nd adolescent
psychology as well a~ i nformation on how to ba the the ba by . They
need to know how to detect drug addl('t lon and to he able to reJ ate
to the concerns of t he youth . The household handyman and the cook,
of either sex, needs how-to-do-it books on plumbing, carpentry and
cooking. A sudden stain on a necktie or tablecloth needs a quick
over-the-phone identification of t he agent for removing it .
Education
Many people think of education as an activity in which a teacher
stands before a class and conduc ts formal classes i n a var'lety of su b­jects
. Generally i n such a situation the teacher's instruction i s en­riched
by books, magazines, films, C'ilssettes and other media from a
library .... ithin the institution . As information explodes and record s
multiply, even t he oldest and largest universities find it necessary
to make agreements with other universities to provide more adequately
t he range of materials needed . Four-year and two-year institutions
of higher education are all pressured to s upply needed informa tiona l
resources . The comnunity colleges a nd technical institutes a r e new
and struggling also to meet i nformational needs. Also the publ i ('
schools are struggling to meet t he needs of their teachers a nd students.
Many students and teachers of these various academic i nstitutions call
on the public l ibra ry for classroom as well as other informational needs .
There is a greater need for correlation of the informational re­sources
of North Carolina to supply all of her c Lt1zens, in school or
out, .... ith necessary i nformation at the most economical cost to the tax­payer.
Basic Education Needs
There a r e many North Carolina citizens .... ho have educa tional, socio­economic
, cultural disadvantages .... hich prevent them from r~ ceiving t he
benefits of formal education or library services designed for pl'Op ]~
without such disadv